Boat construction.



H. G. MINETT.

BOAT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30. 1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

g HUBERT CHARLES MINETT, or BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIQCANADA.

7 BOAT CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern j Be it known that I, HUBERT CHARLES MINETT, resident of the town of Bracebridge, county of Muskoka, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boat Construction, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention'relatesto improvements in boat construction, as described in the prescut specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same. i

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction, whereby the stem of the boat is formed so, as to include a blow resisting out water portion with the piece composing part of the hull frame.

The objects of the-invention are to devise a very handsome and at the same time dura- L ble stem for the hull, capable of resisting what otherwise would be very serious blows, and generally to provide simplicity and efficiency in boat construction. r

In the drawings Figure 1" is a sectional side elevation .of the bow of a boat showing a small broken away portion of the side in solid lines. -Fig.-2-is a horizontal sectional View ofthe stem showing the broken away portion of the side wall of the hull.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a cut water piece of the stemin metal preferably an aluminum alloy and tapering to a comparatively sharppoint 2 and at the rear side walls 4, the lower endofsaid cutwater 1 preferably curving around and narrowing at the bottom end 5 and meeting the keel 6. 7 isthe backing piece'to the cutwater 1,

preferably offwood and in shape in cross section similar to the mid-sectional view of the frustum .of a cone and introduced ini the recess 3 and forming a rabbet joint 8 I with sai'd'cut water piece 1, said backing piece 7 being secured to said out waterpiece 1 by the cap screws'9, these screws being in.- serted through the backing piece 7 and Specification of Iietters Patent.

- Application filed April 30, 1918. Serial No. 764,683.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

screwed into corresponding screw holes in the said cut water 1, the oak backing 7 following the shape of said cut water piece 1 and at its lower end keel 6. V

10 are the side walls of the hull formed of boards or other material and at the bow end of the boat fastened to the projecting sides of the backing piece 7, so that the outer surfaces of the side walls 10 will be flush with the outer surfaces of the out water piece 1. This construction has many advantages for the stem of the boat is of metal.

and wood, the wooden portion being for the attachment of the boarding forming the side walls, while the metal part is intended tostand the brunt of any heavy blows that the boat'may receive at any time. 7

a 11 is a cover board, which is fitted on the top and suitably shaped, so that the top of the cut water 1 projects therethrough, said top of the out water being cut away at the sidesto support said coverboard.

WVhat I claim is I s In a boatconstruction, a stem comprising a stem formed of metal and wood, the former tapering to a comparatively sharp cut water edge and recessed at the inner side to receive the said wood, said wood in cross sectionsbeing shaped similarly to the mldsectional vlew of a frustum of a cone and inserted in'said recess and screwed to said metal piece by screws screwing into corresponding screw holes 1n said metalpiece, and side walls extending along the sides of said wood piece and rigidly secured thereto and meeting the extending walls of said recess in the metal piece and on the outer sides flush with the outer sides of the said metal piece. a a

Signed at Bracebridge, Ontario, this seventeenth day of April, 1913.

HUBERT CHARLES MINETT.

1 Witnesses: i

ELLA T. MCLAUGHLIN, Tnos. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner or Patents, Washington, D. 0."

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